Hvitlöker

Old Swedish Dictionary - hvitlöker

Meaning of Old Swedish word "hvitlöker" (or hvitløker) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

hvitlöker (hvitløker)
hvitlök. " alleum, huitlök" GU 6. LB 3: 52, 67, 7: 59, 65, 149 o. s. v. vilder hwiit löök, som manga kalla griis löök ib 242. ten vilde hwitlök som man kallar greslök ib 254. Jfr hviter löker under hviter.

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so hvitlöker may have also been written as hvitløker

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • hwiit löök.
  • hwyth löök LB 7: 59 ),

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚠᛁᛏᛚᚯᚴᚽᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

Works and authors cited:

GU
Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.
LB
Läke- och Örte-Böcker. Utg. af G. E. Klemming 1--10. 1883--86.
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